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11/13/15 01:43 PM
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HMK
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When it comes to Dubbing, I've bought some and made some. They will all work, but I like piddling around to see what I can come up with. Using a coffee grinder, but I'm thinking of buying a blending board, just because. You can never get too many toys in this craft. After playing around with different brands of yarn, I find I like Red Heart the best. It just seems to be softer and not get "pills" when I blend it. I'm on a dubbing kick at the moment. I've got about 8 different base colors I'm playing with.  
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Re: Dubbing
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11/13/15 01:49 PM
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rrhyne56
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ooh! Blue! What are you tying with that?
"have fun with this stuff"
in memory of Big Dale
RRhyne56, Flyfishing warden
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Re: Dubbing
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#11221878
11/13/15 02:09 PM
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HMK
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Damsel's I've been mixing this and a darker blue together. To make these. 
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Re: Dubbing
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11/13/15 02:26 PM
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rrhyne56
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That looks fishy alright!
"have fun with this stuff"
in memory of Big Dale
RRhyne56, Flyfishing warden
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Re: Dubbing
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11/14/15 04:22 AM
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moonriver
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Re: Dubbing
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12/02/15 03:07 AM
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HMK
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Re: Dubbing
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12/02/15 03:51 PM
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Bowfin47
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If ya' like to "blend your own", then head off to the local carpet store and pick up a few carpet patch samples (I prefer the "tri-loped" Antron samples).. Then use a pair of cheap shears, a coffee grinder, and you're in business...
What ya' don't have coffee grinder... No sweat. Pull out your blender; add the cut carpet fibers* (plus any furs that you'd like to add); fill about 1/3 to half of the blender container with H2O; and then add a drop of dish washing liquid soap (Dawn or what ever)... Blend for 30 seconds... Drain through a strainer and rinse under the tap. Blot dry with a an old towel or just us use a few paper towels, and then let air dry a bit... Great free dubbing...
* Using this method, I like to break up the fibers before blending.
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Re: Dubbing
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12/02/15 05:33 PM
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Bass_Bustin_Texan
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After playing around with different brands of yarn, I find I like Red Heart the best. It just seems to be softer and not get "pills" when I blend it.
Thanks for the tip, I was getting balls of yarn and thought I lost my touch when this started happening....looks like it's certain brands cause it.
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